Willie roy spencer



(N0 Model.)

W. R. SPENCER. SHADING PEN.

No. 586,979. Patented July 27, 1897.

,4 TTORWEVJI NITED STATES i ATENT FF CE.

SHADING-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,979, dated July 27,1897.

' Application filed October 17,1896. Serial No. 609,233. (No model.)

To all whont. it mm/u concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIE ROY SPENCER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Vancouver, in the county of Vancouver andProvince of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shading-Pens, of which the following is a fulland complete'specification, such as will enable those skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shading-pens; and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class which is simple in constructionand operation and which is provided with improved means for feeding theink to the pen.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a planview of my improved shading-pen; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal sectionthereof, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the pen proper detached fromthe holder.

In the practice of my invention I provide a shading-pen which comprisesa tubular reservoir 5, which is closed at one end and open at the other,and in the open end of which is inserted a plug 6, which is providedwith an annular rim or shoulder 7 and with a reduced extension 8 andthrough which passes, near one side thereof, a tube 9, the outer end ofwhich is provided with an enlarged head 10, which isopen on its underside.

Secured in the inner end of the plug 6 is a rod or plate 11, which isprovided at its inner end with an angular arm or projection 12, throughwhich passes a movable rod 13, which extends through the tube 9 and onwhich is placed a weight 14. I also provide an improved pen 15, which isshown in perspective in Fig. 3 and which consists of two similarspring-plates 16 and 17, which are secured together at their inner ends,as shown at 18, in any desired manner, or the pen may be formedintegrally of a single piece of metal so bent back upon itself as toform upper and lower strips, and the upper strip or plate 16 is bentupwardlynear the middle thereof, and formed therein between the centralupwardlybent portion and. the end is a slot or opening 19, and mountedin the head 10 of the tube 9, which is open at itsinner side, ashereinbefore described, is a sponge or similar device 20, which restsupon the upper plate 16 of the pen and over the opening or slot 19, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bending of the upper plate 16 of the pen forms a space 21 betweenthe separate plates 16 and 17 thereof, and the pen is connected with theextension 8 of the plug 6 by being inserted into the slot formedtherein, as shown at 22.

' The operation will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe following statement thereof. The tubular reservoir 5 is filled withink in the usual manner and the plug 6 is then inserted and the pen isready for use. The ink flows through the tube 9 into the sponge 20 andpasses through said sponge onto the inner side of the lower plate 17 ofthe pen and out between the ends of said plates in the usual manner.

By shaking the pen the rod 13 may be caused to slide back and forth inthe tube 9 and thus keep said tube clean or free from obstruction, andthis movement also serves to facilitate the flow of ink through saidtube, and in practice said tube is made of such size that the rod 13 isfree to move therein, while leaving but slight space, the object beingto pro- Vide only sufficient space to admit of the gradual flow of theink in quantities sufficient to supply the pen.

The form of the pen also assists in feeding the ink to the pointthereof, as the pressure on the bottom plate 17 at the end thereof tendsto bring said plates 16 and 17 together and also to press the same uponthe sponge or other absorbing device 20 as it forces the ink therefromonto the lower plate 17, from which it passes to the end or point of thepen.

This device is simple in construction and operation and perfectlyadapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it isevident that changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its ad vantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A shading-pen comprising a tubular res- GIVOilwhich is closed at one end and open at the other, a plug which isadapted to be inserted into the open end thereof, said plug beingprovided with an extension, a pen which is mounted in said extension,and which consists of two plates, one of which is provided with anopening or slot, and a tube which extends through said plug and throughthe extension thereof, and which is adapted to hold a sponge or otherabsorbing device over said opening, and a longitudinally-movable rodmounted in said tube, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shading-pen comprising a tubular reservoir, which is closed at oneend and open at the other, a plug which is inserted into the open endand provided with an extension, a

pen mounted in the end of said extension and consisting of twospring-plates, which are connected at their inner ends, and one of saidplates being provided with a slot or opening therein, and a tube whichpasses through said plug, and the extension thereof, and which isprovided at its outer end with a head which is open on its under side,and in which is placed a sponge or other absorbing device which is heldby said head over the opening formed in one side of the pen, and alongitudin ally-movable rod which is mounted in said tube, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of October,1806.

\VILLIE ROY SPENCER. \Vitnesses:

II. J. RICKARD, L. G. FAULKNER.

